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Ron Siarnicki: Evidence-based research needed to improve firefighting

Dec 06, 2016

Ron Siarnick, executive director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation says among firefighting organizations, there is a fine line between an aggressive firefighting community and a risk-taking community.

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